“Lord, keep me from saying words that later need recalling;
Guard me, lest idle speech may from my lips be falling:
But when, within my place, I must and ought to speak,
Then to my words give grace, lest I offend the weak.”
(Johann Heermann, 1585-1647)
Amen! This is not just for preachers, but for all who call themselves children of Christ--myself included. Here in America it has become much too easy to rest on the Grace of our Savior to bail us out of the awkward situations we put ourselves into when we commit arson with our tongues.
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